El-Refa'i is the name of an infamous grills "restaurant" in Cairo. It's located in a narrow allyway, against Masjid Sayeda Zeinam, a very old district in Islamic Cairo.
El-Refa'i keeps its doors open to 5 AM. It's very popular to the extent that you'll find it busy at 2 AM! The vast majority of El-Refa'i's tables are in the street. Hence, clients are severely exposed to the life in this old spot in Cairo. The old, dirty tables and the wandering cats also contribute to the hard-core experience. And it's not cheap, 1 kilo of mixed grills costs you 150 LE. Drinks are served by an old woman with a refrigerator right in the street, not through the restaurant itself. Generally speaking, service there is way below the average.
Clients tolerate all what I mentioned because El-Refa'i cooks tasty grills; really tasty grills. We are not quite sure about the quality, though. They offer what can be best described as "salade juice" in bottles, and they name it Wisky; I have to admit I'm fell in love with their spicy Wisky.
I do recommend experiencing El-Refa'i once, for Egyptians as well as for non-Egyptians.
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